Anyone into motorbikes?

[Taupotreeman]

What not to do with your motorbike.

[Aerial Arborist]

I got my first bike at age 16, a brand new BSA "Lightning Rocket" 650cc twin. I've had dozens since then and hadn't had one for a couple of decades when I traded tree work for this:

 

 

Seemed like a good deal until it put me in the hospital for a week with 11 broken bones in my chest. LifeFlight by helicopter saved my life and only cost $10,488 for the ride.

[Aerial Arborist]

Here is my current ride, a 1978 Yamaha SR500E model. 500cc's is more than enough for me now in my senior years.

 

[David Humphries]

I got my first bike at age 16, a brand new BSA "Lightning Rocket" 650cc twin. I've had dozens since then and hadn't had one for a couple of decades when I traded tree work for this:

 

 

Seemed like a good deal until it put me in the hospital for a week with 11 broken bones in my chest. LifeFlight by helicopter saved my life and only cost $10,488 for the ride.

 

 

 

You lead some life Aerial

 

Out of interest, care to tell us what you did before you got in to tree work ?

 

I'm guessing it may have been kinda interesting.

 

nice bikes by the way

 

 

 

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[Taupotreeman]

Both bikes look in very good nik for their age. Looks like a bit of a restoration job as they tended to rot through in places.